2024 Project 365 – Week Nine

It’s my birthday! It’s my birthday! I’m so full of chocolate cake it’s just crazypants (details below). Lots of photos from this week, so buckle up.
Sunday, February 25^th           
Went to dad & Sue’s. My dad was in charge of the pizza and he got PINEAPPLE on it. It was delicious. I asked the interwebs yay or nay, and got 24 yeses, 10 nos, and 3 not sures. That’s the most comments I’ve gotten on a post in a while!
 

Meanwhile, Sue’s orchids absolutely love their sun room. And I had to ask if the poinsettia was real because it looks so gorgeous.  

Monday, February 26^th
Dr. M took his annual photo of the ancestral Flossie Phlox (Flossie was his grandmother) at his dad’s house. It’s (barely) hanging on.
 

Tuesday, February 27^th                          
I’ve gained some weight in the last year. But even so I think I see myself as larger than I actually am. Exhibit A: I was making the 2X version of this sweater but I thought it didn’t look big enough so I added a bunch of extra stitches. Now I have a sort of cape-like shrug situation. It’s lovely as long as you don’t compare it to the original pattern (also let’s not talk about how I didn’t swatch so it’s way too short). Lesson learned? I don’t know - I probably still won’t swatch. But I might actually measure myself to see what size my item needs to be.
 

Went by dad & Sue’s and finished the most recent puzzle (“most recent” – ha! They’ve already finished another one & started the next one by now.)
 

Wednesday, February 28^th  
Happy happy…
 

I started a new project, which right now kind of looks like some sort of Thanksgiving craft. Not my usual colors. We shall see!
 

Thursday, February 29^th                               
Happy mail from Oh Happy Dani. She is such a force for good in the world.
 

The ancestral phlox is really thriving in our yard. I love it so.
 

Friday, March 1^st           
My crazy coworkers had a mini party for me for my birthday! (I say crazy, but we basically do this for every birthday.) This is the first of THREE chocolate cakes that I have had this weekend.
 

Saturday, March 2^nd                           
Went out with the family and then back to dad & Sue’s for chocolate cake #2. It had a penguin on it! (Note: dad & Sue were there, but I didn’t get a photo. What the heck.)
 

Today is my actual birthday & after church my cousin organized a little reception with yet another chocolate cake. I’ll post photos from that next week. I feel well and truly celebrated and now I’m wondering why I didn’t plan to take tomorrow off from work because I need a little rest from all this partying. Ha! Also, I’d like to state for the record that every one of those cakes was DELICIOUS. But perhaps I’ll steer clear of cake for a while (after I finish the leftovers of course). What are you celebrating lately? Does it involve chocolate cake?   

2020 Project 365 – Week Nine

Part of my Lenten practice this year is to stop playing games on my iPad in the evenings. Therefore, you will most likely see a lot more crochet on here for the next few weeks. It would be smart for me to use this time to get a head start on my Christmas gifts, or to finish up some WIPs. But no, I’m currently working on something brand new. Granted, I did buy the yarn for it before Christmas, so it was sort of a WIP, in utero if you will. Ha!

Sunday, February 23^rd                                                      

The only picture from today – a Sunday selfie. You will see a terrifying version of this picture later this week.

Monday, February 24^th                      

My Valentine flowers, some daffodils from the yard, and our NSFW anthurium.

Tuesday, February 25^th                                                         

No picture, but I do have this blast from the past. In Facebook’s infancy there was a game you could play (Superpoke Pets) where you created rooms and outfits, and got to play with your pet. I had a penguin named Fig. This is Dr. M’s sheep, Clem, ready for Mardi Gras. Aw, I miss playing with Fig!

Wednesday, February 26^th                                                    

Today during lunch I finished up a pillow for my office! I love how it turned out. The lighter blue side was just a sort of afterthought (I ran out of the dark blue yarn I was using), but I love it best – the texture and the look.

Thursday, February 27^th     

I put a question out to the interwebs about which project I should use this yarn for. Although there was some concern about putting a target on my butt, the overwhelming favorite was the long vest (the one on the bottom left).

The moon calls to Dr. M & he can’t help but swoon…

Venus and the moon.

Friday, February 28^th                                                                   

Our veggie shipment! This week we added on some black bean soup mix.

Oh the humanity! I’m being a drama queen (as usual), but when I used Pantene’s go grey app (click here if you dare), I decided that I’m definitely not ready to embrace the gray!

Saturday, February 29^th                  

As soon as I decided which pattern to use, I started making my butt target vest right away!

Night sky – that photo on the left is “my” sky – my favorite ombre’…

I’ve had a good day today. I sang at the nursing home and then skipped church so Dr. M & I could take a ramble. We saw horses, and sheep, and cows, and traveled curvy roads up hill and dale. And then he took me to get more yarn and an early birthday cake (red velvet – yum!). I’m planning to spend the evening crocheting and avoiding overdosing on cake. What are you up to?

Cake Walk

We lived in the mountains. And they sure were beautiful – but for reasons unknown to me I wasn’t able to make walking a habit there. Too much up & too much down. No sidewalks. I just knew that if I lived by a sidewalk I would practically be an athlete!

Then we lived in a city. The terrain was pretty flat. There was a sidewalk just outside my door – at the bottom of two flights of stairs. Getting to the sidewalk wasn’t a problem, and walking wasn’t a problem (except for the cars whizzing past & ruining my reverie). Getting back up to the 3rd floor was the problem – dragging myself up & thinking that this IS NOT fun! Forget being an athlete – I’ll be a master Spider Solitaire player!

Now I live in a small town. In a neighborhood built in the 1950s. In a box made of ticky tacky. And my sidewalk is just THERE. And when I get back from my walk I sidle in the front door like it was a piece of cake. And it WAS a piece of cake. I’ll be an athlete yet!

But only if there’s cake.